Property Ownership
A Pennsylvania tenant who holds over after their lease expires without the landlord's permission becomes a:
AMonth-to-month tenant automatically
BTenant at sufferance — they are a wrongful holdover occupant✓ Correct
COwner by adverse possession
DTenant at will with no rent obligation
Explanation
A holdover tenant who remains after lease expiration without the landlord's permission is a tenant at sufferance. The landlord may either accept rent (creating a new periodic tenancy) or initiate eviction proceedings. The holdover tenant has no right to remain and owes compensation for their continued occupancy.
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